O’Rourke, born at the peak of the Baby Boom, turns his keen eye on himself and his 75 million accomplices. He uses his own very average, if sometimes uproarious experiences as a key to his exceptional age cohort. The post-war generation somehow came of age by never quite growing up and created a better society by turning society upside down. At once a social history, a group memoir of collectively impaired memory, a hilarious attempt to understand his generation’s messy hilarity, and a celebration of the mess the Baby Boom has made